Why is the title Hanky Panky?
Did I miss something in this film? Where was the Hanky Panky? I thought it meant that there would be some sort of romance scene. Maybe Hanky Panky refers to all the hassle with the killers and the computer tape?
shareWell, the term "hanky panky" usually carries the idea that something is going on that shouldn't be. As the years have gone by, it's connotation has become more sexual than anything, but is really means anything that someone is trying to get away with. Radner's character is trying to keep from falling in love with Gene Wilder (impossible since Radner actually WAS falling in love with Wilder at the time) so she's willing to do anything to help him, Wilder's trying to pretend to be anything that gets him away from the bad guys, and the bad guys are trying to get away with murder... and more.
So nobody is up front with anybody else and they are all trying to get away with a little Hanky Panky.